for our reporting is the cia director had this recent trip to egypt, and that was at the end of october. he was there to investigate and learn more about something called the nasser sell, a group that is part of the jamal network that has been figured in the benghazi attack. will we understand is that the director went to libya either before or after the stop in egypt, and he did go there to talk to his cia folks on the ground about the mx operation as well as the attack. again, it is his firsthand knowledge of what happened that evening and also his firsthand knowledge of the people who were there that day, which only he can present to capitol hill and not the acting director. lou: thank you very much. always terrific reporting. more on the patraeus scandal, political and national security implications, the impact on the benghazi probe, and, indeed, impact on the u.s. government throughout this broadcast. lou: with the election behind us to work in washington begins. president obama and speaker say they're ready to deal. are republicans selling of the voters sent to washington, leaving
